Guide to Galway, Connemara and the West of Ireland . thechief features of the town, the curious and top-heavy tower ofthe Church, bristling with pinnacles. Then after backinginland a short way, we make for the wilds of Connemara acrossthe flat-banked river Corrib. As the line steers midway be-tween that river and, on the left side, the thickly wooded hills,Menlough Castle (see p. 236) with perhaps a straggling cowor a sunburnt turf-cutter, are the only varieties along somemiles of monotony. Connemara is the western section of County Galway, cut offon the east and north by Lough Corrib, Lo
Guide to Galway, Connemara and the West of Ireland . thechief features of the town, the curious and top-heavy tower ofthe Church, bristling with pinnacles. Then after backinginland a short way, we make for the wilds of Connemara acrossthe flat-banked river Corrib. As the line steers midway be-tween that river and, on the left side, the thickly wooded hills,Menlough Castle (see p. 236) with perhaps a straggling cowor a sunburnt turf-cutter, are the only varieties along somemiles of monotony. Connemara is the western section of County Galway, cut offon the east and north by Lough Corrib, Lough Mask, andKillery Harbour, and bounded on the wxst by the sea. It hasmany and varied attractions. It possesses, perhaps, fewtreasures for the archaeologist, and perchance the golfer may toooften find the coffee-room carpet his only putting-green, but thewalker no less than the artist who explores the beauties ofBallynahinch, the Killery, and the coast, will find some of thefinest scenes in Erin ; the angler in a happy season, who whips CONNEMAI. Publisliea. by A. dL- , 1 Slip- GALWAY TO CLIFDEN 217 the loughs and streams south of Lough Inagh, will have everyvariety of water and probably good sport ; whilst to those thatclimb,—without hands,—the Twelve Bens and the Maamturksafford abundance of good mountaineering. The botanist will findnature bountiful here, and to the geologist she is more thangenerous. Lastly for the man on wheels we need not do morethan quote the opinion of Mr. Mecredy, who declares it **acyclists paradise. Geologically the district is conveniently divided into halvesby the Galway-Clifden Kailway, which marks off the Silurianmountains of the north from the important tract of the oldest or* Archaean rocks of the southern side. Dr. E. Hull refers to thestrong resemblance of this wild southern tract to * some tractsin Sutherlandshire formed of rocks of the same age. He drawsattention to the numerous rock basins and moraine-dammedloughs; **a glance
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